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Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C., Aug. 24, 1986 By The Associated Press Today is Sunday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 1986. There are 129 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On Aug.

24, A.D. 410, Rome was overrun by the Visigoths, an event that symbolized the fall of the Western Roman Empire. On this date: In A.D. 79, long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash. An estimated 20,000 people died.

One year ago: Security police in South Africa reported arresting 27 anti-apartheid leaders in 24 hours. Today's birthdays: TV personality Durward Kirby is 74. TV host Dennis James is 69. Actor Sam J. Jones is 32.

Boxer Gerry Cooney is 30. All-star shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. is 26. Thought for today: "All would live long, but none would be old." Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Weather Greenwood The sun rose today at 6:56, will set at 8:05 and will rise Monday at 6:57.

Friday's high was 88 (31 C) and the low was 73 (23 C). The temperature at 7 a.m. Saturday was 74 (23 C). There was no precipitation recorded during the 24-hour period ending at 7 a.m. Saturday.

Total precipitation for the month is 5.34 inches (13.56 cm) and for the year, 20.95 inches (53.21 cm). Average rainfall for August is 4.02 inches (10.21 cm). Average rainfall through August is 33.28 inches (84.53 cm). South Carolina Mountains: It will be partly cloudy and warm Sunday with a 20 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms. The high temperature will be in the middle 80s.

Winds will become northerly 5 to 10 mph. Sunday night, it will be fair and mild. The low will be in the middle 60s. Monday, it will be mostly sunny. The high will be in the lower 80s.

Foothills, Eastern Piedmont, Lower Piedmont (includes Greenwood): It will be partly cloudy and warm Sunday with a 20 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms. The high temperature will be in the upper 80s. Winds will become northerly 5 to 10 mph. Sunday night. it will be fair and mild.

The low will be in the upper 60s. Monday, it will be mostly sunny. The high temperature will be in the middle 80s. South Midlands: It will be partly cloudy Sunday and rather hot with a 20 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms. The high temperature will be in the lower 90s.

Winds will be variable at 5 to 10 mph. Sunday night, there is a 20 percent chance of early night thunderstorms otherwise partly cloudy and mild. The low will be in the upper 60s. Monday, it will be partly cloudy and warm. The high will be near 90.

North Midlands: It will be partly cloudy and warm Sunday with a 30 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms. The high temperature will be around 90. Winds will be variable at 5 to 10 mph. Sunday night, there is a 20 percent chance of early night thunderstorms otherwise partly cloudy and warm. The low will be in the upper 60s.

Monday, it will be mostly sunny and warm. The high temperature will be in the upper 80s. Johnston shootings knit town of 2.600 about 50 miles southwest of Columbia. Thomas said he still can't figure out why his co-worker. Perry B.

Smith, entered the Johnston Post Office at 8:15 a.m. on August 19. 1983, armed with a 12-gauge automatic shotgun. Smith, who had resigned his job three months earlier. began firing at postal workers as they fled the building.

Smith chased postal workers Thomas and Monroe Kneece and shot them in a parking lot of a Johnston convenience store next to the post office. Smith then followed Postmaster Charles McGee into the store and killed him in a storage room where McGee was trying to hide. can't say. 'Hey, I want to said Thomas, a 37- year-old postal clerk. 'You can't forget.

It bothers me everyday I walk in that post office. The Oklahoma massacre) makes people realize it can happen anywhere. "I've sat down and thought about it a lot of said Thomas, who has been through four operations for wounds he suffered as a result of being shot. got shot in Vietnam it was nothing like Sherrill's rampage in Oklahoma brought back many strong and unpleasant memories to this town. The flag in front of the Johnston post office flew at halfstaff late this week in honor of those killed in the nation's third worst one-day massacre.

Many Johnston residents said the town. was subdued after Smith killed McGee. Residents of this town about 50 miles southwest of Columbia with 2,600 people are reluctant to talk about the 1983 incident. "A volved." lot of Thomas families, said. were indon't want nobody's feelings to be hurt.

I know Oklahoma was bad, but it could have been just as bad in Johnston if things had gone how he (Smith) had intended them. They (Johnston residents) will never forget it." Smith. 59. was sentenced in 1985 to life in prison for killing his boss and was sentenced to a concurrent 10-year sentence for assault and battery. Smith's case will be appealed in September at the South Carolina Supreme Court.

said Sandy Parise, one of Smith's attorneys. Smith will be eligible for parole in 2005. Smith also was charged with shooting and wounding police officer Robert Carroll outside the store before surrendering when the officer shot back. always hear about it way off and you never figure it's going to come in vour back yard in a small community," Development Association (Continued from page 1A) contributions and dues. not the climax." Williford warned, "this only the beginning.

We haven't even scratched the He'd like to see 10,000 members in the association and has plans to "stay on the job 'til the victory is J.B. Brice, Highways Project representative from the S.C. Highway Department. told the group exactly what to expect as they continue the four-lane quest. He estimated that the whole project from Georgia to Clinton includes about 60 miles, 12.5 of which are already -laned.

Another 12.5 miles along the route are on the drawing board, he said. In other places along the route, the department is in the process of acquiring rights of way for short segments of the highway. He mentioned 1.5 miles near Clinton, another near Lake Greenwood and 9.5 miles between Abbeville and Greenwood, all of which are in the acquisition process. Considering the time it takes to acquire right of way, complete engineering plans, hold public hearings. obtain the bids and funding and complete construction, Brice's estimate is 1990 before the corridor would be opened with four lanes.

The cost could be between million, he said. Progress on the remaining section depends on funding. Brice said. Georgia Rep. Charles Yeargin pledged that the project would be completed.

'We promise you, South Carolina, we'll meet you half way, he said. City log EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE The following was taken from reports of the Greenwood County EMS: EMS personnel responded to fifteen emergencies and one transport Friday. Calls included Pressley Street, S.C. 10, Lowell Avenue, S.C. 34.

Main Street, First Street, North Cambridge Avenue in Ninety Six, Self Memorial Hospital, Milwee Avenue, West Hodges School. Sample Road. U.S. 25 North, Northside Drive. Wisewood Circle.

Little Mountain Road and North Station. POLICE DEPARTMENT The following was taken from reports of the Greenwood Police Department: Thieves took money and items valued at $30 from a West Creswell Avenue home recently. Thieves took a lawn chair valued at $20 from a Highside Street home Friday. Vandals broke a window valued at $150 from a business on Cobb Road Friday. HAMP R.

HENLEY SALUDA Hamp Robert Henley, husband of Mrs. Mary. Holland Henley, died August 22, 1986. Born in Saluda County, he was a son of the late Hamp and Hannah Gibson Henley. He was a member of Lockhart Baptist Church.

Surviving in addition to his wife of the home; are two stepchildren, Maxie L. and Georgia B. Clark of Norristown, a foster daughter, Mrs. Sally M. Wideman of Saluda; three brothers, Jerry Henley of Germantown, Julian Henley of Norristown, Pa.

and J.B. Coates of Saluda; grandchildren; and great- grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Lockhart Baptist Church, Saluda. Butler and Son Funeral Home of Saluda is in charge.

Governors issue report on education (Continued from page 1A) Deaths and funerals MRS. MAGGIE FLOREE HUMPHRIES SPARTANBURG Mrs. Maggie Floree Humphries, of 640 Isom Street, widow of Almerine L. Humphries, died August 22, 1986 at a local nursing home. Born in Chesnee, she was a daughter of the late Crowder and Sally Thrift Price.

She was retired from Beaumont Mill after 21 years and was a member of State Line Baptist Church. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Mazie Hill, of Forest City, N.C., Mrs. Faye Revis of Duncan, and Mrs. Nolie Hill and Mrs.

Judy Wolfe, both of Spartanburg; nine sons, Pete Humphries of Gaffney, Euliaus and Johnny Humphries, both of Greenwood, Clayton Humphries of Jacksonville, Franklin Humphries of Cowpens, and Summie, Thurman, Major and Ishmeal Humphries, all of Spartanburg; five sisters, Mrs. Ida Adair, Mrs. Stella MGinnis and Thelma Leach, all of Forest City, N.C., Mrs. Roxie Hill of Chesnee and Mrs. Priscilla Leach of Mooresboro, N.C.; 38 grandchildren; and several greatgrandchildren.

Services will be Monday at 3 p.m. at State Line Baptist Church with the Rev. John Cox and the Rev. John Godfrey officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Grandsons will be pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at J.F. Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel. The family will be at the home of a daughter. Mrs.

Nolie Hill at 257 Floyd Road, Spartanburg. The governors' group has been generally supportive of the drive for tax overhaul, but it opposes elimination of the federal deduction for state and local sales taxes. That deduction would be wiped out by the bill while deductions for other state taxes would be retained, and state officials say the move would pressure states that rely on sales taxes to shift to other tax bases. such as income taxes. Alexander, a Republican whose state has no income tax.

called the sales tax change terrible policy" but suggested it may not prompt the governors to oppose the entire bill. The report on schools. titled for Results: The 1991 Report on Education." sets goals for what individual states should do to restructure schools by that year. public must offer teachers a professional work environment and all that goes with said New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean.

"That means reasonable salaries and a real voice in decisions." It follows a series of national studies on ways to enhance public schools. Begun by the 1983 "A Nation at Risk' report by a Reagan administration panel, the studies have triggered a wave of school reform in the states. Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm. a Democrat.

said that despite the reforms American children lag behind those of many other industrial nations. 'Education reform is very much an unfinished agenda." he said. The proposal for direct state intervention was described as a last resort in cases of intractable school failure. Registration by mail (Continued from page 1A) mission officials said postcard registration has been enacted in 27 states without any problems. For the past two presidential election years.

South Carolina's voter participation ranked at or near bottom. Of the estimated 2.38 million people eligible to vote in South Carolina elections in the 1984 presidential election. only 966.858. 40.5 percent. voted.

Other recommended reforms that have vet to pass the General Assembly include a statewide automated voting system. state-run primaries. the selection of jurors from driver's license lists or other public records rather than from voter registration lists. and better pay for poll workers. Gallup Poll on education (Continued from page 14) America want to get drugs out of our schools.

I have no higher priority than helping make American schools George Gallup co-chairman of the Gallup Organization in Princeton. N.J.. said the public's worry is well-founded. A separate youth survey shows that teen-agers themselves rank alcohol and drug abuse as major problems. he said.

Parents were somewhat less alarmed about drugs in schools attended by their own children. Only 16 percent listed drugs as the biggest problem facing the school their oldest child attends: 15 percent cited discipline. Familiarity with a school generally elicited a higher rating. "Parents grade the public schools in their own community substantially higher than the public schools nationally. and they rate the public schools their own children attend even said the survey.

based on interviews of 1.552 adults at home last April 11-20. For instance. while 41 percent gave their local schools an A or grade. only 28 percent said public schools nationally rated that high. That was the highest national rating since Gallup asked for national grades in 1981: only 20 percent handed out an A or then.

By a 2-1 margin. people said they would like to see the federal government have less influence on local public schools. There was also strong sentiment against raising taxes for local schools. Fiftytwo percent said they would vote against school tax hikes: 37 percent were in favor. The survey found overwhelming support for tougher standards for grade promotion and graduation.

Sixty -eight percent favored tougher high school graduation requirements even if that meant more dropouts: 23 percent said no. "The public opposes by more than 2-1 64 percent to 29 percent having children start school at age it said. Education leaders in New York and some other places have proposed starting school that early. Two out of three parents 68 percent said they wanted the right to choose the local schools their children attend. the survey said.

Only 27 percent felt the government should provide aid to private schools. But. asked if they would send their children to private or parochial schools if they had the means. 49 percent said yes and 46 percent no. Gallup said the standard margin of error on the poll questions was 3 points in either direction.

except on the AIDS question. posed separately to 1.004 adults by phone. The margin of error there was 4 points. The survey will appear in the September issue of Phi Delta Kappan. an education journal published in Bloomington.

"DINK" BONE Ralph L. "Dink" Bone, 56, of Wisewood Apartments, husband of Mrs. Winelle Davis Bone, died August 22, 1986 at the V.A. Medical Center, Augusta, Ga. Born in Gainesville, he was a son of Mrs.

Ruth McDonald Bone and the late Ralph L. Bone. He was self employed. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War and was a member of the Augusta Highway Baptist Church.

Surviving in addition to his wife of the home and his mother of Greenwood; are two sons, Danny Bone of Greenville and Tony Bone of Greenwood; a daughter, Miss Sherry Bone of Greenwood; a stepson, Mike Golding of Augusta, a brother, William L. Bone of Greenwood; and two grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Augusta Highway Baptist Church with the Rev. Craig Hughes officiating.

Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Dudley Wright, Ed Miles, Perry Mullinax, Marion Manley, Bobby Richie and Gene Ellenberg. Honorary escort will be the Men's Bible Class of the church. The family is at the home and will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Harley Funeral Home. BOBBY LEE KINGSMORE Bobby Lee Kingsmore, 54, of 424 Morgan Street, husband of Mrs.

Helen Johnson Kingsmore, died August 22, 1986 at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Spartanburg County, he was a son of Mrs. Ella Farmer Kingsmore and the late Carey W. Kingsmore. He was a employed by Greenwood Mills Durst Plant and was a member of Eastside Baptist Church.

Surviving in addition to his wife of the home and his mother; are a son, Rodney Kingsmore of Greenwood; a daughter, Mrs. George (Glenda) Bryant of Greenwood; five sisters. Mrs. Peggy Moore, Mrs. Beverly West, Mrs.

Margaret Willard, Mrs. Ella Mae Dallas and Mrs. Edna Davis, all of Buffalo; three brothers, Charles and Glenn Kingsmore of Greenwood, and Earl Kingsmore of Union; and a grandson. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.

E.A. Cooper and the Rev. Craig Hughes officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Larry Kingsmore, Roy Turner, Ronald Inabinett, J.P.

Blizzard, Bobby Reynolds and George Reynolds. Honorary escort will be nephews. family is at the home on Morgan Street. MRS. BESSIE MAE TURNAGE Mrs.

Bessie Mae Smith Turnage, 47, of 25 First Street, died August 23, 1986 at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in McCormick, she was a daughter of Robert T. and Onnie Turnage Smith. She was employed by Fabriart Industry and was a member of White Hall Church of God. (Continued from page 1A) said Carroll, a 6-foot-5 Johnston police officer.

puffing on his cigar. "I didn't think P.B. (Smith) was capable of doing that." Smith resigned as a letter carrier in May. McGee was working his last day before being transferred to a post office in Georgia. Smith's family members said during his trial that they noticed a change in Smith after his son.

a Vietnam veteran and also a postal worker. committed suicide in Nov. 1982. Smith's wife. Frances.

testified that he. 'became irritable. would not shave and would not keep himself well." She said he would not go to church and would not go out after his son committed suicide. P.B. Smith had been a mail carrier for 25 years before resigning.

His co-workers testified at his trial that he resisted supervision and seemed to resent anyone telling him what to do. here are still scared." said Johnston Police Chief Charles Waldrop. "People never had anything like that happen before. It was a bad situation out there (Oklahoma). I kind of know how they feel." Ted Lynn.

a 22-vear-old jailer, said he heard some residents nervously joking after they heard about the Oklahoma massacre that Smith had gotten out of jail. "They said he get out there?" McGee's death had a dramatic impact on Johnston. Lynn said. But Lynn said hearing about the Oklahoma incident made him realize, "It could've been a lot worse Lyn said he became mad when he heard what happened in Oklahoma. would've liked to have been there to blow the guy away for killing those hardworking he said.

Johnston Mayor Charles Lucas said he doesn't see a connection between the two incidents. don't relate that in anyway to what happened Johnston Mayor Charles Lucas said. "It wasn't quite the same thing The Oklahoma shootings were a massacre. Lucas said. adding 'It wasn't as bad he said.

Those memories had receded for residents of the town of Johnston. but resurfaced with the news of a madman who opened fire in an Oklahoma post office. don't think (Johnston) will ever be healed." said Edgefield County Coroner Thurmond Burnett. "Everbody knew everybody. That's the reason why it's a ticklish Surviving is her husband.

Paul Turnage of Lincolnton. four daughters, Mrs. Betty Anderson of Greenville. and Mrs. Lennie Anderson, Mrs.

Dorothy Richey and Mrs. Janice Blackman. all of Greenwood: two sons. Wesley and Johnny Turnage of Greenwood; two sisters. Miss Ruby DeVore of Greenwood.

and Mrs. Lula Cartee of Anderson: a brother, Robert T. Smith of Greenwood; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.

Matthew Bixby officiating. Burial will be in McCormick City Cemetery. The family is at the home of a son, Wesley Turnage, 222 Cemetery Street. Country Homes. GEORGE W.

SMITH George W. Smith, of 316 Green- briar Drive, The Willows, husband of Mrs. Lalie Young Smith, died August 22, 1986 of injuries received in an automobile accident. Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late William and Cora Smith. He was a retired machine operator with the Diamond International Corporation in Cinncinnati.

Ohio. He was a member of Old Mount Zion Baptist Church, Greenwood. Mason and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Surviving in addition to his wife of the home: are two sons, the Rev.

William Kelly Smith of Cincinnati and Tyronne Smith of Greenwood: four daughters, Miss Joann Smith, Mrs. Phyllis Harris, Mrs. Glenda Jones and Mrs. Stephanie Taylor, all of Cincinnati; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Brittingham, of Philadelphia, Pa.

and Mrs. Viola Phillips of Washington, D.C.; seven grandchildren. Services will be announced by Robinson and Son Mortuary. MRS. IDA I.

BENJAMIN Mrs. Ida Irwin Benjamin, 91. of Route 3, Coronaca, widow of the late Rep. Samuel Horace Benjamin, widow of Rep. Samuel Horace Benjamin, died August 23, 1986 in a Greenwood nursing home.

Born in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late William and Pauline Bowie Irwin. She was a member of Coronaca Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons, the Rev Dr. W. Horace Benjamin of Greenville and Samuel Louis Benjamin of Greenwood: three grandchildren: and five greatgrandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Blyth Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Wade Burton and the Rev. Dr. Ron Davis officiating.

Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery at Coronaca. Pallbearers will be Ollie and Ray Irwin. Allen White. Guy Nichols. Ed.

Paschal and Berry Cox and Guy Benjamin. The body is at the funeral home. where the family will receive friends from 4 to 5 p.m. today. The family is at the home of a son.

Louis Benjamin on Buck Level Road. MRS. SARA L. JAMES Mrs. Sara Ledbetter James, 70, of 216 Sloan wife of J.

Fred James, died August 23, 1986. Born in Forsyth, she was a daughter of the late John A. and Callie Wooten Ledbetter. She was a retired employee of Greenwood Mills and a member, of South Main Street Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her husband of the home; are a son, Jerry James of Atlantic Beach, a daughter, Virginia Davis of Lithia Springs, a sister, Jeannette Moss of Rock Hill; five grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at South Main Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Ryan Eklund and Glenn Bolt officiating. Burial will be in Oakbrook Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Wade Evans, Bob Timmerman, James Pinson, Leonard Wells, Joe Thomas and Henry Massey.

Honorary escort will be the Avery Cogburn Class and The Reapers Class of the Sunday School of the church. The body is at Blyth Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight, and will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Monday. The family is at the home. Memorials may be made to South Main Street Baptist Church, or to a charity of one's choice.

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